Michael Cimino's last feature film as director is one no one remembers, not really. It escaped with a whimper, not a bang, doesn't even have a decent controversy associated with it. Woody Harelsen, who shows a likable tendency to work with all sorts of directors, plays the lead - a cancer doctor. He's kidnapped by teen gangster Jon Seda who wants Native American meidcal treatment which is interesting. Seda's performance gets on the nerves after a while - lots of yelling.
Alexandra Tydings is a generic leggy type as Harrelson's wife, perhaps put in the film as Harrelson's beard since the film has Harrelson essentially fall in love with Seda. This is raised in the film and feriously refuted.
This movie is reminiscent of Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - two men on the lam - although it's different in that Harrelson is kidnapped so could escape, there's no stakes if the cops get him.
I like taking Navajos seriously and we meet some hot Navajos (one played by Talisa Soto!) and the ending is satisfying. But there is something missing in the movie. An extra twist. Or someone dying at the end. Really Harrelson should die at the end - I think that would've worked if they'd gotten rid of his family. His family being in the film doesn't work, there's no point to it.
But, you know, interesting.
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